Pakistan to play opener against South Africa: U-15 World Cup

Lahore, July 11: Pakistan play South Africa in the opening match of the Under-15 World Cup Cricket Challenge-2000 Championship to be held in England from July 30 to Aug 10.

Pakistan which has placed in pool "B" will face Sri Lanka on July 31 and Zimbabwe on August 2 in other matches. All the pool "B" matches will be played at the Wellington College grounds.

In pool "A", England, Holland, West Indies and India are included and there matches will be played at Eton College grounds.

The first semi-final will be played at Chelmsford on Aug 5. The second pre-final is scheduled to be played at Hove on Aug 8.

The final will be played at Lord on Aug 10. Some changes are likely in the Pakistan team, taking part in the world competition after getting runnerup position in the Under-15 Asia Cup which ended at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10